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αἴξ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἴξ αἰγός

Structure: αἰγ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: Prob. not from a)i/+ssw, of which the root is AIK.

Sense

  1. goat

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὧν ὁ μὲν κέρατα ἔχων καὶ ὅσον ἐξ ἡμισείασ ἐσ τὸ κάτω αἰγὶ ἐοικὼσ καὶ γένειον βαθὺ καθειμένοσ ὀλίγον τράγου διαφέρων ἐστίν, ὁ δὲ φαλακρὸσ γέρων, σιμὸσ τὴν ῥῖνα, ἐπὶ ὄνου τὰ πολλὰ ὀχούμενοσ, Λυδὸσ οὗτοσ, οἱ δὲ Σάτυροι ὀξεῖσ τὰ ὦτα, καὶ αὐτοὶ φαλακροί, κεράσται, οἱᾶ τοῖσ ἄρτι γεννηθεῖσιν ἐρίφοισ τὰ κέρατα ὑποφύεται, Φρύγεσ τινὲσ ὄντεσ· (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 4:5)
  • ἰδρείῃ μερόπων αἰγὶ μιγεὶσ ἐλέφασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 55 2:1)
  • καὶ τῇ μὲν αἰγὶ τὸν θαλλὸν εἶναι ἐδώδιμον, ἀνθρώπῳ δὲ πικρόν, καὶ τὸ κώνειον ὄρτυγι μὲν τρόφιμον, ἀνθρώπῳ δὲ θανάσιμον, καὶ ὁ ἀπόπατοσ ὑῒ μὲν ἐδώδιμοσ, ἵππῳ δ’ οὔ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 20:4)
  • τῇ θρεψάσῃ δ’ αἰγὶ τιμάσ τέ τινασ ἄλλασ ἀπονεῖμαι καὶ τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν ἀπ’ αὐτῆσ λαβεῖν, αἰγίοχον ἐπονομασθέντα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 70 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. goat

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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